DIY Totemism
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (887 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1905713193 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorLupa (Portland, OR) is a neoshaman, artist and sustainability geek. She possesses a Master's degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis on ecopsychology. She has been working with animal magic in various forms since the 1990s and has developed a self-created and spirit-directed neoshamanic path. . Visit her online at TheGreenWolf
Plus, you'll learn about how to create the last totem card deck you'll ever need, and ideas for integrating totemism more deeply into your everyday life, for the benefit of all involved. Join Lupa as she explores beyond the big impressive North American birds and mammals, how therianthropes can use totemism in conjunction with their therianthropy, and how everyday substances, commonly found in food and drink, can be use in totem rituals. Free from formulaic dictionary entries, and streamlined without tons of prefabricated spells and rituals, and full of material based on Lupa's years of experience, DIY Totemism is the ultimate guide to a personal relationship with totem animals.. Are there totems beyond Wolf, Bear, Eagle? Do you want to deepend you relationship with your totems? From the author of 'Fang and Fur, Blood and Bone: A Primal Guide to Animal Magic' comes a new work that redefines the modern concept of practical animal totemism
Visit her online at TheGreenWolf. Lupa (Portland, OR) is a neoshaman, artist and sustainability geek. She possesses a Master's degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis on ecopsychology. . She has been working with animal magic in various forms since the 1990s and has developed a self-created and spirit-directed neoshamanic path
"Unique contribution in the field" according to Star Fire. My personal context:I'm a (mostly) lifelong vegan, now ovo-lacto vegetarian. I've always been passionately connected to animals. My spirituality is extremely tied into interaction with the non-human animal world. I admit to being very sensitive about human-animal interactions. Consequently, I hesitated to purchase this book because I'd read elsewhere that Lupa discusses the subject of animal sacrifice in her book Fang and Fur, Blood and Bone. I've also seen her artwork, on her website, which incorporates animal parts/skin. . beyond the basics This book was written at the level of an experienced pagan, versus the plethora of books written for newbies. I loved Lupa's style, as well as her focus on non-traditional totems and her section on therians using totemism and shapeshifting to work toward balance. Don't expect a beginner's introduction to the concept of totemism, and you'll thoroughly enjoy this book.. Another Great Book by Lupa This book really is a do-it-yourself book on totemism, and it really is a wonderful and more in-depth successor to some of the martial covered in the author's earlier book Fang Fur Blood and Bone. The author gives many suggestions on various ways someone interested in working with totems on different levels can go about it. Instead of simply being a dictionary or reference book of rituals and ways to work with totems, the author sets their book into being something that will expand the readers mind and knowledge into what t